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II. BE it therefore Enacted^ by the Governor^ Council and /Jfembly, and by the ^" ^- i77>
Authority of the fame^ ThAtMontfort Eelbcck, John Eradjord^ Egbert I layzvoody So'o- c^Tm^iTmn^f r
mon IViliiams, Benjamin McCidloch^ Allen Jones, William Perfon, ami IVilliain Clark^ rPtMitu.B ih2
be, and they are hereby appointed Commiirioners ; and they, or a Majority ot them, *^^"
Ihall and may, and are hereby required, within Three Months after the paffing ot
this Act, to agree and contract with Workmen to repair the fame in the belt and inoft
fubftantial Manner, as to them, or a Majority of them, Ihall feem proper.
III. AND be it Enabled, by the Authority afcrefaid. That a Poll Tax of On- t^.i^uiforu.
Shilling fhall be levied on each taxable Perfon in the County of Halifa'x, and a Poll
Tax ot Sixpence on each taxable Perfon in the Counties of Northamptcii, Edgcomby
and Bute, lor one Year, that is to fay, the Year One Thoufand Seven Hundred and
Seventy Three, to be collected and accounted for, and paid by the ShtrifTs of the
faid Counties refp-.-ctively, in the fame Manner, and at the fame Times, as Public
TuX;s are by Law directed to be collected and accounted for; and upon Failure of
accounting tor and paying the fame to the CommilTioners, the faid Sheriff's ftall bs
fubject to the fame Manner of Recovery, and under the fame Pains and Penalties, as
Sheriffs are for not accounting for and paying Public Money •, which faid Tax fo
coliectcd, fhall be paid to the CommiiTioners aforefaid, or a M-jority.of them, and
by them fhall be applied toWards defraying the Exp(^h.ce, and paying, the Workmen
for repairing the laid Gaol.
; IV. AND be it further Enabled, by the Authority aforefaid. That the Commif-
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funers, or a Majority of them, after the Repairs of the laid Gaol fhall be made-, iToccijinas.
ihall render an Account of the Monies by them received' by Virtue of this Act, to-gether
with their Difburfements, to each Inferior Court in the Uiilrict of Halifax -,
-and the Overplus, if any, fhall be applied tov/ards the coniingent Charges ot the faid
Counties.
C H A P. XXXL
i^n AB to continue the Tax impofed by an AB, intituled'f-.T^^^K^ for bV/dding a Court-
HOufe in the Town oi SaliJJmry, for the Diftrid of Salifbury. wH E R E A S the Tax impofed bf the befoire'Tecited Aft hath been found F'c:rr.i!c.
infufficient to ahfwer the Ends thereby intended
II. B E it therefore Enacted, by the Governor, Council, and /Iffevribly, and kj thf: Tax contir-ici.'
Authority of the fame. That the faid Tax be continued on, and coileded from thft
ieveral taxable Perfons in the Counties therein- mentioned, tor the Year One Thcn-fand
Seven Hundred and Seventy Four, ahd no longer ; ariy Thing therein contained '
to the contrary nctwithflanding. i-'r/; fj'
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III. AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid. That an additt- A<i.^itc;nd r.v,
onal Tax ot Four Pence be colleded from the ieveral taxable Perfons -/.'ithin the
County of Rowan for the Year aforefaid.
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CHAP. XXXII.
An Act to dijfohe the Veflry of Unity Parifa, in Guilford Counfy.
I. TT THERE AS by an Aft of AfTembly pafTtrd in Newkrn,, m the Year cf, PrcanibK
VV ^^^ Lord One Thou! and Seven Hundred and Seventy One, the Free^
holders within the feveral Parifhes therein mentioned were impowered to elefl Ve,K
tries for their refpe6live Parifhes •, and whereas undue Meafures were made Ufe cf
in the late Ekftion of Veftrymen in the Parilh ol Unityy in Guilfcrd County :
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I, ^ /^ 5 (?/ N OK TH -C A ROL I N A. 5^3
II. BE it therefore Enacted^ by the Governor^ Council and /Jfembly, and by the ^" ^- i77>
Authority of the fame^ ThAtMontfort Eelbcck, John Eradjord^ Egbert I layzvoody So'o- c^Tm^iTmn^f r
mon IViliiams, Benjamin McCidloch^ Allen Jones, William Perfon, ami IVilliain Clark^ rPtMitu.B ih2
be, and they are hereby appointed Commiirioners ; and they, or a Majority ot them, *^^"
Ihall and may, and are hereby required, within Three Months after the paffing ot
this Act, to agree and contract with Workmen to repair the fame in the belt and inoft
fubftantial Manner, as to them, or a Majority of them, Ihall feem proper.
III. AND be it Enabled, by the Authority afcrefaid. That a Poll Tax of On- t^.i^uiforu.
Shilling fhall be levied on each taxable Perfon in the County of Halifa'x, and a Poll
Tax ot Sixpence on each taxable Perfon in the Counties of Northamptcii, Edgcomby
and Bute, lor one Year, that is to fay, the Year One Thoufand Seven Hundred and
Seventy Three, to be collected and accounted for, and paid by the ShtrifTs of the
faid Counties refp-.-ctively, in the fame Manner, and at the fame Times, as Public
TuX;s are by Law directed to be collected and accounted for; and upon Failure of
accounting tor and paying the fame to the CommilTioners, the faid Sheriff's ftall bs
fubject to the fame Manner of Recovery, and under the fame Pains and Penalties, as
Sheriffs are for not accounting for and paying Public Money •, which faid Tax fo
coliectcd, fhall be paid to the CommiiTioners aforefaid, or a M-jority.of them, and
by them fhall be applied toWards defraying the Exp(^h.ce, and paying, the Workmen
for repairing the laid Gaol.
; IV. AND be it further Enabled, by the Authority aforefaid. That the Commif-
^;;'^,i";'^''J'7*^^^
funers, or a Majority of them, after the Repairs of the laid Gaol fhall be made-, iToccijinas.
ihall render an Account of the Monies by them received' by Virtue of this Act, to-gether
with their Difburfements, to each Inferior Court in the Uiilrict of Halifax -,
-and the Overplus, if any, fhall be applied tov/ards the coniingent Charges ot the faid
Counties.
C H A P. XXXL
i^n AB to continue the Tax impofed by an AB, intituled'f-.T^^^K^ for bV/dding a Court-
HOufe in the Town oi SaliJJmry, for the Diftrid of Salifbury. wH E R E A S the Tax impofed bf the befoire'Tecited Aft hath been found F'c:rr.i!c.
infufficient to ahfwer the Ends thereby intended
II. B E it therefore Enacted, by the Governor, Council, and /Iffevribly, and kj thf: Tax contir-ici.'
Authority of the fame. That the faid Tax be continued on, and coileded from thft
ieveral taxable Perfons in the Counties therein- mentioned, tor the Year One Thcn-fand
Seven Hundred and Seventy Four, ahd no longer ; ariy Thing therein contained '
to the contrary nctwithflanding. i-'r/; fj'
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III. AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid. That an additt- A ,.
CHAP. XXXII.
An Act to dijfohe the Veflry of Unity Parifa, in Guilford Counfy.
I. TT THERE AS by an Aft of AfTembly pafTtrd in Newkrn,, m the Year cf, PrcanibK
VV ^^^ Lord One Thou! and Seven Hundred and Seventy One, the Free^
holders within the feveral Parifhes therein mentioned were impowered to elefl Ve,K
tries for their refpe6live Parifhes •, and whereas undue Meafures were made Ufe cf
in the late Ekftion of Veftrymen in the Parilh ol Unityy in Guilfcrd County :
Q^q q q \l. B E